Roller for washing-machines



PATENT OFFI E.

JOH BANNER, or CANTON, 0-1110.

ROLLER Fori WASl-llNG-MACHINES;

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 50,802, dated November 7, 1865.

inglluchines; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be u l'nil tzlenr, and exact description of the some, reference being bad to the ztccon pouring" drawings, n nking part of this speci Figure 1 represents a view of one of the roll ers, and Fig. 2 represents an end view or transver e section through the roller.

hiniilnr letters of reference refer to like parts in both of tlie'sepuirnte figures.

1 nm aware that solid rubber longitudinz'rl ribs have been proposed in wnsliing-imwltine rollers, but from their expense, want of proper rigidity, and difficulty in applying them have never gone into use, and indeed were failures.

My invention consists in using ll ll lbbef coverin to ribs made of wood or other material, and in the manner ofifustcning;- the rubber to the ribs or rollers, by which means bget all the :tdvantdg'e of the rn l'lver as to durability, 1|. proper degreeofrigidity by making the core oi. therib'of wood or othci material, and'use 'tlie'rubberf in its very cheapest forin--.\"iz.; in

sheets or cloth.

'locnnbi'e' o'thers skilled in the art to make 21nd use my lll\'6llil0ll,1 will proceed to describe the same with ret'eienee to the drawings. The roller A is best lll?1(l il wood, and the ribs B may be formed thereon by cutting away the portions ot the wood between them and allowing the ribs to project the proper distance from the central portion; ora smaller block or cylinder of wood (which would be cheaper) might be used and the ribs B nailed, scre wed, or otherwise fastened to the central piece; and these nails or screw-heads, being covered by the rubber, could not stain the clothes by their rustoroxidizution. lfhr irollerbeingthusmade, the rubber a is placed on and drown down over the ribs B, and the.wedge-shaped pieces 0 are nailed or otherwise fastened down to the roller, holding the edges of the rubber e securely to the roller.

The heads of'the nails or screws for holding the wedge-pieces O to the core of the roller and the rubber to the ribs should be countersunk or cemented over, or both, so as not to stain theclo'thesr- By thisconstriiclion I get a very cheap and vory eflicient roller for-.ivushing-machines and other similar purposes, and one which is readil y repaired should the rubber wear out orgii'e way, as oft-en happens. I

Having thus fully described my invention. wln t I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent; is- I 1 A washing-machineroller the ribs ofwhicl are covered by sheet rubber or rubber cloth and which is held to the'ribs-by the pieces Q 01 their equivalents claiming, the edges of tin rubber, substantially in the [thinner and for tln purpose herein described.

JOHN ANNER Witnesses:

\V. W. CLARK,

J AMES J. CLARK. 

